Duane Hicks The town will be forming a new Rainy Lake Market Square Advisory Committee to provide input on the project to take place next year at the site in downtown Fort Frances. The Economic Development Advisory Committee recommended council appoint an ad hoc advisory committee to work alongside the […]
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The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA—The RCMP believes it has “come to a dead end” in its probe of where Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf Bibeau got his gun—one of the most vexing questions about the events of Oct. 22, 2014. The Mounties continue to investigate several threads of what happened […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances is taking part in a comprehensive background and position paper development to make sure municipalities with dams get their fair share under the provincial Power Dam Special Payment Program. Council agreed last night to contribute its share ($858) to the Power Dam Project Group, as requested […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce that it will receive an estimated $11.9 million dollars for the construction of a new school in Fort Frances. The new school will be built on the current St. Francis School site and will consolidate St. Michael’s and […]
Staff The OPP is investigating a series of suspicious fires that took place here early Saturday morning. In both occurrences, vehicles were lit on fire. One of the incidents took place at the Rainy River District School Board office on the Second Street East, where a trio of board vehicles […]
Staff The Fort Frances Museum is hoping town council will allocate extra dollars for another staff member in its 2016 budget. The museum currently has a collections management co-ordinator, Bethany Waite, who is being employed through a grant until the end of next July. The Museum Advisory Committee has requested […]
Staff Planning for the community Christmas dinner already is underway, with organizers looking for donations and volunteers for the 28th-annual event. Sandra Lange of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau said she’s sent out letters to businesses and service clubs asking for their support of the dinner, which will take place […]
By Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press TORONTO Seth Glick was inspired by moustaches grown by his friends when he decided to ditch his razor for charity, but his reasons for sporting a “mo” cut even deeper. “Unlike other charities, it wasn’t one run or one event ‚Äî it was […]
Heather Latter Hallowe’en may be over but Fort High’s music department is not quite done with sorcery, spells, caldrons, and potions as it presents its annual fall music revue—this year entitled “Magic!” The show hits the Townshend Theatre stage this Thursday through Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. (doors open at […]
Heather Latter Those who were left hanging at the end of Claire Hyatt’s novel, “Last of the Spirit Seers,” can read the conclusion now that the Grade 12 student at Fort High has published her second book, “Finding the Lifelight.” The first book was launched in January, 2014, with Hyatt […]
Duane Hicks Stray cats and dogs, and the town staff who handle them, have a much improved, safer place to stay now that the new Fort Frances Animal Shelter is open. The town held a grand-opening for the new facility, located just east of the Public Works building on Fifth […]
Duane Hicks Dr. Robert Algie has been named the Family Physician of the Year for Ontario by The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), ranking among 10 dedicated family doctors being recognized for 2015. “I feel very honoured to receive the Reg L. Perkin award,” said Dr. Algie, adding […]
